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Helps reporters identify popular stories
February 03, 2020

Helps reporters identify popular stories

Martin Wisckol | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with Parse.ly

I'm only familiar with its use in our newspaper newsroom, although it may be used by other departments. In the newsroom, it helps reporters identify the most read stories and how readers found those stories. Knowing what is valuable to readers helps us focus our coverage and time to best satisfy those readers.
  • Tracks readership volume by hour, day and month.
  • Notes where the largest number of readers for a particular story come from.
  • The story counts are erratic, depending where you look. If I look under my name for how many stories I've done, the number is predictably higher than if I search by all authors.
  • Tracking where the reader last visited could be easier.
  • AspenONE Asset Performance Management (APM)
I don't have experience with others and I didn't select Parse.ly -- it was provided to us by management. I couldn't find "none" in the previous question.
I have only received the barest training for Parse.ly, from colleagues, and have never requested support.

Do you think Parse.ly delivers good value for the price?

Not sure

Are you happy with Parse.ly's feature set?

No

Did Parse.ly live up to sales and marketing promises?

I wasn't involved with the selection/purchase process

Did implementation of Parse.ly go as expected?

I wasn't involved with the implementation phase

Would you buy Parse.ly again?

Yes

Parsely does well at tracking how many readers -- relative to other stories, although the counts are imprecise -- have viewed a story and breaking it down by hour, day and month. Parsely does well at ordering the stories so you can see the highest to lowest reader tallies for each.